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Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) chathamensis Powell, 1938
=Penion fairfieldae (Powell, 1947)
=Verconella fairfieldae Powell, 1947
Images: Penion chathamensis (Powell, 1938)
A deep-water species from the Chatham Rise, NZ. 203mm
Collected Dec 1994, E of Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ. (M.118863). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Trawled in deep water off Tairoa Heads, Otago, NZ. 125mm
Taxonomy
Family:
AUSTROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Austrosiphonidae (Family)
> Penion (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Austrosipho Cossmann, 1906
=Austrosipho (Verconella) Iredale, 1914
=Berylsma Iredale, 1924
=Largisipho Iredale, 1929
=Verconella Iredale, 1914
Synonymised Names:
=Austrosipho (Verconella) chathamensis Powell, 1938
=Penion fairfieldae (Powell, 1947)
=Verconella fairfieldae Powell, 1947
Details: Penion chathamensis (Powell, 1938)
Size/Grows to:
Height 244mm, Width 106mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise to Chatham Islands, trawled around 400-450 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.201)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1938 Additions to the recent molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.167) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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